The right’s race to Frankfort will make a pit stop in Hardin County next month.

Three of the four Republican gubernatorial candidates and their running mates — overall 11 of all 17 GOP 2015 candidates — have confirmed plans to speak March 28 at the Republican Party of Hardin County Lincoln Day Dinner at the Historic State Theater.

A two-hour event can go a long way toward helping families as death nears.

The annual Hosparus of Central Kentucky Tea and Auction helps provide money for the organization. Last year, for example, Hosparus Special Events Planner Ginny Whitt said more than 800 families were aided because of the $20,000 raised.

Michelle D. Pontius, 33, was arrested at 10:28 p.m. Friday, according to a citation from Elizabethtown Police Depart­ment. She was charged with second-degree assault, domestic violence, which is a Class B felony, punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison, if convicted.